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Filter, Filters and more Filters

Trying to figure out all of these filters.  In Photo 1 I am assuming the large NAPA filter is the engine oil filter.  I don't know what the filter to the left of the NAPA filter is.  Photo 2 I know is a fuel filter but I don't know if it is the primary or secondary.  Photo 3 looks like a fuel filter don't know if it is primary or secondary and it has a what looks like a overflow bag behind it.  Confused how that one comes off. Does anything have to be done with the bag?  Photo 4 I am positive that is the dryer filter.  Is that the only dryer filter?

Thanks John M..
John & Carm Morales

"We travel not to go anywhere, but to just go.  We travel for travel's sake.  Our great desire is to move."

Re: Filter, Filters and more Filters

Reply #1 –
photo 1 is the coolant filter, photo 2 is the secondary fuel filter photo3 is the primary filter and photo 4 is the air dryer. the primary filter is changed by disconnecting the line from the bowl at the bottom of the filter and then removing the filter and the bottom bowl. I loosen the bottom bowl before removing the fi9lter. the primary also has a clear cylinder to the right of the filter that needs to be changed.
previous 1984 35 ft ORED 250 HP 3208 Cat       
previous 1998 40 ft U295 CAI 325 hp Cummins
previous 2003 40 Ft u320 build #6140 450 Cummins M11.                                                         
1999 Mazda Miata
Ron, Nancy, Tipper the cat, Max The dog
1997 U 270 36 ft build number 5174 8.3 Cummins

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Reply #2 –
RT beat me to the post on this one, if I could just type as fast as Mike talks.

Pamela
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Re: Filter, Filters and more Filters

Reply #3 –
RT, Does anything have to be done with the bag on the primary filter?

Thanks so much!

John M.
John & Carm Morales

"We travel not to go anywhere, but to just go.  We travel for travel's sake.  Our great desire is to move."

Re: Filter, Filters and more Filters

Reply #4 –
No that should not need service.
previous 1984 35 ft ORED 250 HP 3208 Cat       
previous 1998 40 ft U295 CAI 325 hp Cummins
previous 2003 40 Ft u320 build #6140 450 Cummins M11.                                                         
1999 Mazda Miata
Ron, Nancy, Tipper the cat, Max The dog
1997 U 270 36 ft build number 5174 8.3 Cummins

Re: Filter, Filters and more Filters

Reply #5 –
That bag is the puke bag for when you have to prime the filter diesel  won't get all over everything.

P & M
Pamela & Mike 97 U 320

"It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."

Re: Filter, Filters and more Filters

Reply #6 –
RT, on the primary system, isn't the piece inside the clear cylinder more of a strainer than a filter? Are you saying it needs to be changed every time the filters are changed?
Richard & Betty Bark & Keiko our Golden Doodle
2003 U320T 3820 PBDS
Build # 6215
MC # 16926
2016 Chevrolet Colorado 4X4 diesel

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Reply #7 –
That plastic bowl can be brittle. It's only plastic just go easy with it
Toby a 94 u280
Cummins 8.3
6 speed Allison
Exhaust brake


Adopted by Derek and Annabelle

Re: Filter, Filters and more Filters

Reply #8 –
An excellent resource for determining the dimensions and descriptions of any brand filter is the Wix Cross Reference Site:

http://www.wixfilters.com/Lookup/filterlookup.aspx

Here is the page on your secondary fuel filter: http://www.wixfilters.com/Lookup/PartDetails.aspx?Part=145097

And on the coolant filter ( blank= no SCA): http://www.wixfilters.com/Lookup/PartDetails.aspx?Part=18010

Brett Wolfe
EX: 1993 U240
Moderator, ForeForum 2001-
Moderator Diesel RV Club 2002-
Moderator, FMCA Forum 2009-2020
Chairman FMCA Technical Advisory Committee 2011-2020

Re: Filter, Filters and more Filters

Reply #9 –
I suggest you carry at least one replacement filter (the one with the clear plastic). You can check that and see if you are getting bad stuff in fuel e.g. algae. It is not hard to change. Probably good to carry others as well, but at least that one. If it get clogged it will stop you.
Eric & Nancy
1999 36 Ft. U320 WTFE
2016 GMC Terrain

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Reply #10 –
It may not be necessary to change the clear plastic filter each time the furl filters are changed, but you can see if it is looking like there is stuff in it. I just changed my fuel filters today and the clear plastic filter showed some evidence of trash when I took it off and dumped it out there was more bad looking stuff in it than I had thought. It had been 2 years and 20,000 miles so figured it did real good.
previous 1984 35 ft ORED 250 HP 3208 Cat       
previous 1998 40 ft U295 CAI 325 hp Cummins
previous 2003 40 Ft u320 build #6140 450 Cummins M11.                                                         
1999 Mazda Miata
Ron, Nancy, Tipper the cat, Max The dog
1997 U 270 36 ft build number 5174 8.3 Cummins

Re: Filter, Filters and more Filters

Reply #11 –
Quote from: red tractor –
It may not be necessary to change the clear plastic filter each time the furl filters are changed, but you can see if it is looking like there is stuff in it. I just changed my fuel filters today and the clear plastic filter showed some evidence of trash when I took it off and dumped it out there was more bad looking stuff in it than I had thought. It had been 2 years and 20,000 miles so figured it did real good.
Just got mine outta the shop. We had thought that we had algae in the fuel that was clogging the main filter rather quickly, went through 3 of them getting the coach the 200 or so miles from Nac. Turns out it was not algae but the screen which is upstream from the main fuel filter. It was crushed in like a beer can. Unfortunately the old model is obsolete and so we had to install the new version of the screen. $$$
97 U320
Build 5099
Victoria, Tx
 

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Reply #12 –
Quote from: Eric Rudolph –
I suggest you carry at least one replacement filter (the one with the clear plastic). You can check that and see if you are getting bad stuff in fuel e.g. algae. It is not hard to change. Probably good to carry others as well, but at least that one. If it get clogged it will stop you.

On a recent trip when stopping for the night, noticed a trail of fuel following me.  Turns out the filter drain cock crimp failed.  Luckily we were near a larger town with a well stocked auto parts store.  I now carry a spare of each, a filter wrench and a 1 gallon can of fuel to fill the filters before installation.  I also carry a can of quarters for the car wash to remove fuel spray from the wife's jeep.  😬
Mike and Mari
'98  36 270 WTFE
Build #5272
Club #17504